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Originally Posted by GGG
I'd argue yes, they were in a very similar situation. They were brainwashed in nationalism to sign up to go die. At the age of 16 this likely wasn't a self determined choice. They were sold the glory and honour of war and believed what they were told.
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All 4 of my bullet points explain why the situations were not very similar, at all.
Khadr's life was not even normal in Afghanistan. There are plenty of brainwashed child-soldier-terrorists, but I'd be surprised if it was higher than 1% of the boys in that demographic.
You
might get a little closer comparing him to an 18 y.o. WW2 soldier who didn't really want to go, but felt like it was his only option. It's still not even comparing apples to oranges, though (more like apples to ground beef. similar because both are edible. That's about it.)